Safety Program Plan

Definition

Safety Program Plan

the safety work product that formally documents an endeavor’s plans for implementing its safety program

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Safety Program Plan is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Document
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Safety Program Plan are to:

• Describe the objectives of the safety program and how these objectives will be achieved.
• Provide a baseline from which evaluate compliance and progress.
• A safety program plan improves communication and understanding regarding the safety program.
• A safety program plan provides a baseline from which evaluate compliance and progress.

Contents

The typical contents of the safety program plan are:

• Safety Program Introduction:
  • Scope
  • Goals
  • Milestones
• Safety Terms and Categories:
  • Safety Glossary
  • Safety Categorization:
    • Accident Severity Categorization
    • Accident Frequency Categorization
    • Hazard Risk Categorization
  • Category Determination and Dissemination
• Safety Organization:
  • Organizational Structure
  • Teams:
    • Responsibilities, Authority, and Accountability
    • Staffing
    • Interfaces, Communication Channels, and Coordination with Other Organizations and Teams
  • Roles:
    • Responsibilities/Duties, Authority, and Accountability
    • Qualifications (Education, Experience, and Expertise)
• Safety Program Work Units:
  • Tasks:
    • Safety Risk Analysis (Asset, Hazard, and Risk Analysis)
    • Incident Investigation (Near Miss and Accident Investigation and Reporting)
    • Safety Monitoring
    • Safety Compliance Assessment (Safety Auditing)
    • Safety Certification
  • Techniques
  • Constraints (Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines)
• Safety Program Work Products:
  • Data (Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination)
  • Documentation
  • Safety Certificate
• Safety Program Staging:
  • Development and Operations
  • Milestones
  • Schedule
• Tools:
  • Repository
  • Analysis
  • Tracking
  • Reporting
• Appendices:
  • Applicable Regulations, Laws, Certifications and Standards
  • Major Issues
  • TBDs
  • Assumptions

Stakeholders

The typical stakeholders of the safety program plan are:

• Producer:
  • Safety Team
• Evaluators:
  • Safety Evaluation Team
• Approvers:
  • Project Management Team
  • Customer Representative
• Maintainers:
  • Safety Team
• Users:
  • TBD
  • Legal Department

Phases

• Business Strategy: Completed
• Business Optimization: Completed
• Initiation: Completed
• Construction: Maintained
• Delivery: Maintained
• Usage: Maintained
• Retirement: Archived

Preconditions

The safety program plan typically can be started if the following preconditions hold:

• The initiation phase is started.
• The safety team is staffed and trained in safety engineering.

Inputs

The safety program plan typically has the following inputs:

• Work Products:
  • TBD
• Stakeholders:
  • Customer Representatives
  • Safety Domain Experts

Guidelines

• Scope.
  The scope of a safety program plan can be:
  • A business unit
  • A data or contact center
  • An application
  • A reusable component
  • Any other system.

Conventions

The safety program plan is typically constrained by the following conventions:

• Content and Format Standard
• MS Word Template
• XML DTD
• Evaluation Checklist

Examples

• Example Safety Program Plan